Bag holder



Patented Mar, 20, 1945 George K. Divelbiss, Clinton County, and

Albert Krofit, Easton, Mo.

Application November .22, 1943, Serial No. 511,294

shown, two bars iii are pivotally mounted on vertical axes on the lower ends of the bolts 14 respectively in the middle portions of said bag Our invention relates to improvements in bag holders, designed to support a bag with its mouth open while it is being filled.

The object of our invention is to provide a novel bag holder of the kind described, which is simple, cheap to make, strong, durable, easy to operate, easily and quickly assembled in operative condiengaging members.

tion, as easily and quickly disassembled into compact form for storage or shipment, and which is efficient in its operation.

The novel features of our invention are. hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Our improved bag holder is illustrated, by way of example, in the accompanying drawing in which;

Fig. 1 is a side elevation,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Our improved bag holder is provided with a flat rectangular base I having through it a vertical hole, preferably other than circular in cross section, designated by 2, and shown as square in cross section. A vertical standard 3, square in cross section, is snugly fitted at its lower end in I l the hole 2, from which it may be readily removed, for disassembling, and which is firmly held by the base in its operative position.

A rectangular horizontal frame 4 has through it a vertical hole 5 through which the standard 3 extends and upon which standard, the frame is freely slidable upwardly and downwardly. Resilient means supports the frame 4 in its operative position, such means comprising a vertical coil spring 6 having at its upper end a hook I releasably engaging and supported by a pin '8 mounted in one side of the standard 3 adjacent to the upper end thereof and over the base l. The lower end of the spring 6 has a hook 9 releasably engaging ascrew eye Ill fastened in the upper side of the frame 4.

Two horizontal spreader bars H are mounted on the upper side of the frame 4 at opposite sides respectively of the standard 3, and ar pivoted on vertical axes intermediate of their ends upon two vertical bolts I2 mounted in the frame 4 adjacent to the front edge thereof.

The spreader bars H are normally swung on the bolts l2 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 by resilient means comprising, as shown,

a horizontal coil spring l3, the ends ofwhich are,

respectively attached to the rear ends of the spreader bars H. The spreader bars II project forwardly from the front edge of the frame 4 and have mounted in them adjacent to their front ends two vertical bolts 14, which project respectively below the spreader bars ll. zontal bag engaging members comprising, as

'When the bag engaging members 15 are moved toward each other, to the proper positions, with the front end portions of the spreader bars ll, said bag engaging members are adapted to be inserted into and to support and spread open the mouth of a bag l6, when the bag is to be filled.

By'having the bag engaging members l5 pivoted at their middle portions on vertical axes tothe spreader bars II respectively, the bag engaging .members 15 may be easily and quickly swung to positions parallel with each other, into the open ends of different dimensioned bags, thus holding in open rectangular form, adapted for easy filling ofthe bags, the open ends thereof.

The tension of the spring. 6 is such as to normally move the frame 4 to the uppermost position, shown in Fig. 1, in which position, the bag engaging members IE will support the bag l6, when it is empty, with the bottom of the bag over and spaced from-the base I. After a predetermined amount of material, as shown in dotted lines, are indicated by H in Fig. 2, has been, fed

into the bag, the spring 6 will yield and lower theframe 4 to the position shown in Fig. 2, at which time the bottom of the bag will rest on the base I until the bag is filled. When this has been 7 After the bag filling has been completed, the

holder may be easily and quickly disassembled by releasing the hook I of the spring from'the pin 8,

and the standard 3 withdrawn from the frame 4 I and base I, permitting the parts to be stored in j compact form for storage or shipment.

Many modifications of our invention, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made,

without departing from the spirit of our inven tion.

What we claim is:

In abag holder of thekind having two horizontal spreader bars pivoted on vertical axes, with means for normally forcing them to swing from" each other at their front ends, in combination with said spreader bars, two horizontal bag en- Two horigaging members pivotedadjacent to their middle portions on vertical axes to saidspreader bars respectively, forward of the axes of the latter,

and adapted for insertion into and have their 3 four ends engage and support thebag at four corners and hold .the mouth of the bag open.

GEORGE K. DIVELBISS.

ALBERT KROFFT. 

